Hammonds House Museum, African American art museum in West End, Atlanta, United States.
Hammonds House Museum is an art museum in a Victorian residence in West Atlanta that focuses on African American artists. The collection includes paintings, sculptures, and other works displayed throughout the historic home's rooms, showcasing the output of artists of African descent.
The house was built in 1857 and served as a private residence before its conversion to a museum in 1988. This transformation turned the home into a center for promoting African American artists in the Southern metropolis.
The house belonged to Dr. Otis Thrash Hammonds, a Black physician who collected artworks and wanted to share them with his community. This connection between medical practice and art passion continues to define the museum's purpose today.
The museum occupies the 1857 Victorian house at 503 Peeples Street SW in the West End neighbourhood, southwest of downtown Atlanta. The building is a former private residence, so exhibition space is arranged across the rooms of the house rather than in purpose-built galleries. Check the museum's own website before travelling for current opening days and any group tour arrangements.
The house is believed to date from 1857 and to be one of the three oldest buildings in West End. Long-serving curator Kevin Sipps worked alongside former executive directors Myrna Anderson-Fuller and Leatrice Ellzy Wright in shaping the museum's programme of exhibitions and art classes.
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